They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.

The Supreme Court sided with this dissent:

Every little bit of info makes it worse This is why that video pissed off the administration so much. They know they are murderers.

You know when you (or at least army infantry) get taught to clear the X, the usual rule is that as soon as you walk past a wounded or surrending enemy they are now in your care and harming/killing them is a war crime. Sitting around for 41 minutes debating what to do is like something from satire.

Well done! A Massachusetts church displayed an “ICE was here” sign in its Nativity scene.

Ah yes, the lack of wood paneling is just what has been ailing us plebs

ISTG some of us have very short memories. Like, Nicholas Slatten. Paul Slough. Dustin Heard. Edward Gallagher. Clint Lorance. Mathew Golsteyn. Michael Behanna. And you all are wondering what's going to happen to Admiral Frank "Mitch" Bradley? What the hell do you think is going to happen?

"ICE is arresting the worst of the worst." Everything this administration tells us is a lie.

Pastor Black: While I was in the middle of using the words of Jesus, they opened fire on me. It was so clear that they had been so poorly trained, or — the alternative — that they had been deliberately told to escalate violence against peaceful protesters.

Drill baby drill is only good for those that don’t plan on living much longer. It’s screwing everybody else. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

(Hey, local guys? Even the FBI screwed up the intel on this one and contracted out the hard part to local agencies; we were glad to help, but... ...in this day and age, might outta scrutinize federal intel before you stage a raid where your own people will get hurt based on Trump Era FBI intel.)

Ugh. SCt reinstates Texas map giving new seats to Rs, n/w/s finding below it was race-driven. Return of the shadow docket in all its nastiness--consequential case; big leg up to Republican party; dubious & threadbare ruling, failure to respect district ct, lockstep conservative supermajority 6-3.

Musk’s Wealth 2012: $2 billion 2025: $493.8 billion Bezos’ Wealth 2012: $18.4 billion 2025: $240.9 billion Zuckerberg’s Wealth 2012: $17.5 billion 2025: $226.9 billion Federal Minimum Wage 2012: $7.25 2025: $7.25 It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.

This is so tragic. It's heartbreaking to hear that innocent civilians have been harmed. I hope the victims' families will receive fair treatment.

Blatant corruption on full display.

Two days vs. fifty days—the contrast is glaring. Regardless of who is in power, everyone should be treated equally, and procedures should not be used as a political tool.

This matters.

Pretty much.

Holy shit. Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Trump and his criminal administration are at war with the idea of truth.

Witkoff and Kushner are self-interested unqualified clowns working to enrich themselves by forcing Ukraine into an unfavorable settlement. Rubio is the only American adult in the room keeping the negotiations from turning into a tribute offering to Russia. www.politico.eu/article/euro...

This AI = machine learning. Basically, Zanskar trains AI models on huge volumes of satellite and geological data (etc.) to narrow down candidate geothermal sites. A great example of AI that's nothing to do with large language models / chatbots.

“They’re in the process right now of manufacturing consent for A.I.”

Tech Bros are the newest souls of humanity, because they approach every human endeavor of ancient practice as if no one has ever had their banal thoughts before.

The knowledge that after a major war has raged in Europe for nearly 4 years, #Germany - the #2 power in the #EU - could mobilize a grand total of 8 brigades, of which 1 (one) could be deployed to fight in Eastern Europe with any alacrity, fills me with … emotions. Let’s go with that word. Emotions.

I can’t qwhite put my finger on it, but there’s a certain uniformity of appearance here

A year ago, Tracy Hoeg was selling people unproven therapies (like injecting your own blood into your knees) for cash. She is trained in physical medicine & rehabilitation, & does not have any relevant background for this position other than being a prolific & extreme antivaxxer and disease promoter

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This was intentional…

We're doing pogroms in America now

After the meeting with the Americans, Ushakov, who is currently Putin’s aide, came out to the journalists and stated that there is still no compromise plan for ending the war. The Russians are simply dragging things out. The video has subtitles.

County-level Democratic swings of 7%-25% in red states would decimate MAGA in 2026. The House would almost certainly go blue, and maybe the Senate as well—though it’d previously been thought not to be in play at all. TN-7 is an R+22 district that may end up R+6 today—that spells Apocalypse for MAGA.

Some food for thought that contextualizes why it feels like things are being run by a psycho

TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there. Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.

Gerrymandered to double point GOP advantage Congressional District in Tennessee Special election in an OFF YEAR Behn and TN Dem activists brought it within 5-6 points That’s hard work and a WIN and a great indicator And Behn should absolutely run again in 2026 (if she hasn’t said so yet)

The Tennessee race is really close. It went Trump +22, so that would be a huge uoset.

I’m still unsure about using an indictment as a document of undisputed evidence as a prelude for military action without congressional authorization, but I’m just a simple country law professor.

first #TN7 Tennessee House votes just got reported.

Something something state’s rights

Every year since 1988, the United States has recognized World AIDS Day — until now. Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers. Shameful.

the batshit American government is forcing children’s book publishers to put out the absolute wildest statements

Y'all, MATT GAETZ was one of the fake reporters at today's fake Pentagon press briefing. The 2nd question at the fake press conference went to the disgraced and alleged child sex trafficker former congressman who allegedly paid for sex with a homeless 17-year old. So, there.

On today's episode of The Trumpman Show: Sane Americans ask "WTH is even happening here??" while Trump loyalists continue to role play.

Hegseth: Trust me, bro. They’re all guilty. Who needs things like evidence, proof and trials. Those are woke.

Seems the White House strategy on everything can be summed up with Sandberg’s saying “If the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If the law and the facts are against you, pound the table and yell like hell.”

Those laws and conventions were put in place by successive generations people that fought unrestrained conflicts and realized how horrific they were for everyone involved. It’s not a matter of what others think. Those laws don’t just protect the enemy.

Worth pointing out that he went out of his way to close centers of expertise on the prevention of collateral damage as soon as he took over.

Some of SECDEF’s rhetoric about lethality + preparing to win scratches an itch w/ US troops from my generation, frustrated by 20 yrs of messy counterterrorism But most of them see stuff like this and understand the inherent danger of a man glorifying war crimes interfering in their chain of command